On Wednesday 09 March 2016 12:12:06 E. Liddell wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2016 09:29:04 +0000
>
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@...> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 09 March 2016 03:23:36 Thomas Maus wrote:
> > > I read, that this project is about "stasis" and "nostalgia" (well, that
> > > is benevolent rephrasing) in a lot of places, but so far not on the
> > > project's own Web-site. Maybe I missed something.
> >
> > First mission statement - first statement - on the website:
> > <quote>
> > The Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) project is a computer desktop
> > environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of
> > **retaining** the **function** and **form** of traditional desktop
> > computers. </quote>
> > My stars.
>
> I wasn't going to engage in this conversation, but you seem to have badly
> misunderstood what this point is supposed to mean.
>
> "Form" here means retaining the trappings of the desktop as we've known
> it for the past twenty years (menu, system tray, etc.) rather than trying
> an experimental paradigm like Gnome 3 or Windows 8.  This is something
> Trinity shares (so far, anyway) with a lot of the lightweight desktops.
> It's about the elements, not the details of their appearance.

Don't let's get involved in a symantic disagreement now.  Let's just agree to 
differ.

Lisi